Fish ID PLEASE!

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
P

peacock madness

Feeder Fish
MFK Member
Dec 22, 2010
448
0
0
infront of my tank watchin my fishes
Found this guy dip netting and figured id keep him in my tank, hes currently in the 55gal with the mixed community. After placing him in and observing him and his nature, its pushing me into doin a native/grow out tank rather then what ive had, thinking about a few more of these and some smaller brim (that way they wont eat my little guys lol). well anywho, here he is,What Is He??:popcorn:

this is a good shot where he actual looked like he was posing he is at most 2.5"-2.75" at the moment
2012-01-10_22-09-41_780-1.jpg


Here you can see the dorsal and other fins better in case the fins matter for id of species
2012-01-10_22-27-23_359-1-1.jpg

I did some diggin on my own and found what i think is him, it said some kind of mud minnow, but i want to be certain. Thanks In Advance!
 
Not a mudminnow. It's an eleotrid (sleeper goby). He looks like the fat sleeper, Dormitator maculatus, to me. Do you live near the east or gulf coast?
 
i live in the upper panhandle area of florida, right on the gulf coast actually. he was netted in a ditch i use regularly to catch bait in, but never seen or notoced these guys before oddly? and see i was wondering about the mudminow, he looks like one, but not completly so i wasnt sure and well..thats why i love this site lol
 
awesome, thanks guys. anyone keep them or have any input on them?? im wanting to get a few more and before i Google it (lord help me) i figured i would ask REAL experts
 
Mudminnows do look similar, but have only one dorsal fin. Several other fish with the same weed-lurking habits have similar shapes and colors.

I haven't kept fat sleepers, but I hear they're pretty hardy and eat whatever you give them. You can see they have a large mouth, which will restrict tankmates to fish near their size or bigger. Fat sleepers can get fairly large; FishBase lists max size as 70 cm, or about 2'4"! Most don't get anywhere near that big, but you'll still need a substantial tank for a group of them. They are euryhaline, and can move from fresh to brackish conditions. The only one I've caught was in a salt marsh ditch in North Carolina. I'd suggest keeping yours in the same salinity water you caught him in.
 
At first glance I thought it was a goby but not sure what kind. I will take what Noto says. Gobies are cool fish. I can see some teeth on him.
 
Yea he def. has some personality, and im not sure on the teeth (although the first pic seems to show some) but i will make sure to look into that. Im really trying to get some more info on him to determain as to how many i can keep in the 55 without issues..anyone have ANY input?? Thanks in Advance...
 
Yes, you should be fine keeping multiple sleeper gobies together although I wouldn't keep more than two in a 55 gallon because they might fight if you pack too many in there. I had a 6" one kill another 6" one after I stuck them in a 10 gallon while I was cleaning their 55 gallon, but they were fine in the larger aquarium.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
MonsterFishKeepers.com
Top Bottom